April 10, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
505 
facilities exist for propagating, cuttings may be struck 
in February and potted up when rooted, pinched 
when they have become strong to ensure four or five 
breaks, then repotted again when strong enough, and 
the growths have made some progress, into 48 or 32- 
sized pots, according to the strength of the plants. 
These will make excellent stuff, and in these pots 
plants may be obtained bristling with buds by 
October or November. It is not wise to pinch the 
growth after July, bufsuch varieties as Winter Cheer, 
Miss Jolliffe, Mary Godfrey, Reginald Godfrey, and 
Mrs. Leopold Rothschild are amenable to this treat¬ 
ment.— A. P. 
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ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTI¬ 
CULTURAL SOCIETY. 
On the occasion of the spring show of this society 
we embrace the opportunity of noticing some of the 
MR. J. MORRISON. 
members of the council, accompanied with a portrait 
of the same. We have already reproduced the 
photograph of other members of this body in recent 
volumes of the Gardening World. The Royal 
Caledonian is one of the oldest societies in the 
United Kingdom, having been instituted in 1809, and 
incorporated by Royal Charter in 1824. The 
Horticultural Society of London, now the Royal 
Horticultural, was established in 1804, and incor¬ 
porated by Royal Charter in 1800, granted by 
King George III. The Royal Caledonian holds two 
shows during the year, one in Spring, and the other 
in September, which is noted for its magnificent 
display of fruit, particularly Grapes. An account of 
the show will be found on p. 508. 
Members of the Council. 
Mr. James Morrison (see portrait), Archerfield 
Gardens, Drem, deserves well of the society, for he 
is a hard working member of the council. Being a 
gardener, he reminds us of the fact that many more 
of his profession should be at the helm in all that 
pertains to the aim and end of true horticulture. He 
is a Perthshire man and served his apprenticeship 
under Mr. Cuthbert, at Ferntown, near Crieff. 
From thence he went to Airthrey Castle, Stirling¬ 
shire, under Mr. Cathn. From here he went to 
Strathallan Castle, Perthshire, where he stayed 
under the late Mr Thomson for five years, as 
journeyman and foreman. He next moved to 
Dalkeith Palace, where he acted as foreman under 
Mr. Malcolm Dunn for a period of seven years, so 
that he has had a good schooling in " the art that 
does mend nature." From here he was appointed as 
head gardener to Lady Mary Hamilton, Archerfield, 
Drem, East Lothian, just seventeen years ago, 
where he still remains. He has well maintained the 
high reputation which Archerfield enjoyed in the 
days of the late Mr. Lees, and Mr. David Thomson, 
who is now retiring from Drumlanrig. He puts 
himself heartily into whatever he undertakes, and we 
wish him many years of service in the cause of horti¬ 
culture. 
Mr. Malcolm McIntyre (see portrait) adds 
another to the list of gardeners on the council, being 
gardener to Sir Charles Tennant, Bart., The Glen, 
Innerleithen, Peeblesshire. He has been connected 
with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society 
since 1863—a period of thirty-four years. At the 
time he first joined it he was foreman under Mr. 
Gordon, at Niddry House. He was then what they 
called a half-crown member; because, being an 
under-gardener, he received a ticket for 2s. 6d. which 
admitted him to all the shows during the year. The 
principal competitors at that time were Messrs. 
Thomson, Dalkeith; Smith, Melville Castle; 
Patterson, of Mill Bank (just then beginning his 
career as exhibitor); and Gordon of Niddry. From 
the latter place Mr. McIntyre was appointed head 
gardener to Mrs. Evans, Ford Abbey, Dorsetshire. 
From there he got an appointment as head gardener 
to Sir Henry Doulton, The Woodlands, with whom 
he stayed for five years. Sir Henry having sold The 
Woodlands some years ago, is now in Essex. The 
subject of this note was next engaged by Walter 
Richard, Esq., Kingsmuir Hall, where he spent 
another five years, and then left to fill his present 
appointment. Here he completed nineteen years 
service, on the 1st of March last. He has been one of 
the most successful competitors at the shows cf the 
Royal Caledonian Society, both in fruits, flowers, 
and plants, as our pages in past years testify. He 
has not yet retired from the field, but is still waging 
the warfare of the competitor in the friendly ranks of 
horticulture. 
P. Neill Fraser, Esq. (see portrait), Rockville, 
Murrayfield, Midlothian, is the treasurer of the 
society, and has held the position since 1870. His 
"name’’ father, Dr. Patrick Neill, one of the 
founders of the society was its secretary from its 
commencement in 1809, till his death in 1851. The 
subject of this note was treasurer to the Edinburgh 
Botanical Society for many years. He is well known 
to be one of the best living authorities on Ferns. He 
is, in fact, a regular exhibitor of that beautiful and 
interesting class of plants, always taking leading 
positions at the exhibitions. Rockville, his residence, 
is finely situated in the western suburbs of 
Edinburgh, and is rich in alpine and rock plants, 
another of his specialities. Mr. Fraser is always 
pleased to meet and converse with brother horti¬ 
culturists on gardening subjects. 
LONICERA FRAGRANTISSIMA. 
We have none too many flowers that bloom in winter 
in the open garden. The list is not a long one, but 
is still far more numerous than many suppose, 
especially to those who have not made a study of this 
matter. They will find a fair number if they reckon 
them up. 
Many kinds bloom in the dead of the winter when 
the weather is open, and amoDgst them are two kinds 
very sweetly scented, one the subject of this note, and 
the other Chimonanthus fragrans. Both of these 
should be grown by every lover of sweetly scented 
flowers. Although neither of them can boast of an 
extremely showy appearance, they are nevertheless 
deliciously scented. 
This Lonicera blooms from December to the middle 
of March, and is most useful for placing in vases in 
rooms in a cut state, as a good handful of this wil 
scent a room. We have it in this garden growing 
both on a west and south wall, and during the early 
part of January we were able to cut many sprays 
from it. It grows freely and is of the easiest culture. 
One of the principal points is to allow the growth to 
extend and ripen early in, the summer, as it flowers 
from the axils of the leaves on the old wood. When 
desirable to cut it in this should be done as early as 
MR. MALCOLM McINTYRE. 
possible after flowing is over, thereby giving it every 
opportunity of ripening the wood early in the 
season.— J. C., Chard. 
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NOTES ON THE QUALITY OF 
GRAPES, &c. 
With deep sorrow a large number of horticulturists 
of every grade will have received the sad intelligence 
of the decease of Dr. Hogg, one of the most estim¬ 
able of gentlemen who has honoured our craft, and 
whose name stands out as a great benefactor to the 
whole gardening community. It is not my intention 
to give full expression as to what gardeners, and 
others in the north feel for such a loss; but we see in 
northern daily and weekly papers the qualifications 
of the Doctor laudably commented on. 
I am prompted to make these remarks at a time 
when I have been reading closely a large portion of 
the latest edition of the Fruit Manual, and after 
comparing some fruit catalogues with the former, I 
find they are most misleading. Many depend on 
trade reports, which differ from each other widely, 
and this in due time leads the unwary into error. 
Correct reports of quality is most essential, and I 
have to thank the Manual (by a close perusal of it for 
many years) for much information in the classifica¬ 
tion of Grapes. I fear that this matter is still very 
imperfectly understood by many of us, who have for 
many years tabled them for exhibition ; and often by 
censors, whose opinions of high excellence vary 
widely. The classification of fruits as to their 
primary value, will not (I fear) come very close to 
perfection just yet. The controversies held at exhibi¬ 
tion tables, and at other gatherings, indicate this. The 
complaints of defeated exhibitors are as loud and 
demonstrative as ever they were. Judges, however, 
should depend on a standard of excellence higher 
than their own judgment ; some trouble should be 
taken to cultivate the palate by the censor who has 
to adjudicate on the merits of fruits. 
The classification of Grapes seems to be less 
